problem with windows vista

[monkey71]

hi there

i have a laptop with vista home basic on it - the problem is that i went to turn the pc on and sign in the welcome sign came up then a message came up saying " THE WINDOWS VISTA HOME BASIC PRODUCT KEY YOU TYPED IS INVALID FOR ACTIVATION "

sadly i dont have the product key anymore it has been missed placed so is there anyway i can find this out or get another one

thanks for any help :)

[catgate]

The sad answer is that you can only get one from Micro$oft.

That is how Bill Gates makes his billions.

[rong]

It should be on the underneath of the laptop if Vista came pre installed

[monkey71]

It should be on the underneath of the laptop if Vista came pre installed

ive looked and its not there and i dont have any cds or paperwork

[Boris]

You could try this - 2 methods depending what you can/can't do.

A] If you CAN access the START button

1) Click the Start button

2) Type cmd in the Start Search field

3) At the top of the Start window, you will see cmd.exe

4) Right Click cmd.exe and select "Run as Administrator"

5) Type in :-

cscript %windir%\System32\slmgr.vbs /ilc %windir%\System32\licensing\ppdlic\Security-Licensing-SLC-ppdlic.xrm-ms

6) Hit the Enter key

7) Reboot twice

B] If you CAN NOT access to the START button

1) Click the option "Access computer with reduced functionality"

2) A Browser will open, type:-

%windir%\system32

into the address field

3) Find the file cmd.exe

4) Right Click on the cmd.exe and select "Run as Administrator"

5) Type in :-

cscript %windir%\System32\slmgr.vbs /ilc %windir%\System32\licensing\ppdlic\Security-Licensing-SLC-ppdlic.xrm-ms

6) Hit the Enter key

7) Reboot twice